And another British study reported last year that people whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger are at higher risk of osteoarthritis.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The amount of time that each chord is holding is getting shorter and shorter and shorter as we drive into that cadence.

每个和弦持续的时间变得越来越短,越来越短，将我们带进这一段音乐的终止式。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Your heart starts to beat a little faster, your blood starts flowing quicker, and your breath gets shorter.

你的心跳加速，血脉贲张，呼吸也急促起来。

I'm ~ing 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The longer the ring finger and the shorter the index finger, the greater the testosterone exposure.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

,2,3,4,5,6,7,8... why don't I have the shorter people comes toward me and the taller people go into the back.

一二三四五六七八,我要小个子到前面,高个子到后面

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They marched to demand better pay, shorter work hours and the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

And I have purposely made the arrow shorter to indicate that it has been slowed because we are going to argue its mass didn't change, so the only way to change its energy is to change its velocity.

我已经故意将这个箭头弄短,用来象征它变慢了,因为我们将证明它的质量没有变，只有它的能量改变了,也就是它的速度变了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

You try hard to keep warm. The days are shorter and darker.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

When I look for it here I'm going to see two pieces, one that's nearly the same length and one that's much shorter.

当我去找时,就找到两个片段,一个片段差不多就是原长,另一个则短得多

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They produce colorful blooms when days get shorter and nights get longer.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

People lived shorter lives and so they didn't get far enough into the age span to suffer from the chronic diseases that people are suffering more today.

当时的人寿命比较短所以他们,活不到现代人那么长,长得足以患上那些慢性疾病

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Van Buren was much shorter and had much less hair.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

There are two papers, a shorter and a slightly longer one.

你们需要写两篇论文，一篇简短的，一篇稍长的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Now here are some differences: the older patients were given adjuvant chemotherapy in weaker doses and for a shorter period of time.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

with a piece of popular music you get a single ethos, a single feeling,a single mood associated with the piece, and the piece will tend to be shorter.

在流行乐里，一首歌只表达一个中心思想，一种感觉，一种情绪，所以这首作品也就会短小一些。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

He adds that the newer version has a shorter launch time, better deterrent capability, and that it is a two-stage rocket using solid fuel that is highly maneuverable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

He is replacing it with a plan that would provide a combined land- and sea-based capability more quickly, focused on shorter range missiles Iran could use to threaten Europe, with the option of expanding later to cover longer range missiles if necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23